| President Trump recuperates from COVID-19, Hurricane Delta forms and more news you need to know Tuesday. |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Good morning Daily Briefing readers! It's Jane, bringing you today's news. | | President Donald Trump is back in the White House after his hospitalization for COVID-19 — downplaying the virus and spreading disinformation about vaccines. Hurricane Delta is threatening to strike the Gulf Coast later this week. And don't forget to look up tonight because Mars will be the closest it gets to Earth for the next 15 years. | | Here's Tuesday's news: | Trump says COVID-19 vaccines are coming 'momentarily.' Scientists say they're not. | | President Donald Trump, back at the White House days after being diagnosed with COVID-19, said vaccines in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic are coming "momentarily." Doctors and scientists have repeatedly refuted that claim. Trump, speaking in a video posted to Twitter after leaving the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Monday, said he felt "better than 20 years ago" after praising the medicines and equipment involved in his treatment. Earlier in the day, he said people shouldn't be afraid of COVID-19, and said, "Maybe I'm immune, I don't know," during Monday night's video. In the video, Trump also said, "The vaccines are coming momentarily." For a COVID-19 vaccine to become available in the United States, it would first have to gather enough data from Phase 3 clinical trials to be able to prove to the Food and Drug Administration that it was safe, effective and provided immunity to the virus. | | | In election news: | | Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden will be in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, according to multiple reports including one from USA TODAY's Joey Garrison. He is expected to deliver remarks calling on "Americans to come together," the campaign said. | | | Delta becomes a hurricane as it approaches Mexico, the Gulf Coast | | Hurricane Delta formed in the Caribbean Sea on Monday night, rapidly strengthening from a tropical depression and threatening to strike the U.S. Gulf Coast later this week after lashing Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, including resort areas such as Cancun beginning Tuesday. The National Hurricane Center upgraded the storm from a tropical depression to Tropical Storm Delta on Monday morning and then to a hurricane by evening. The storm, which was 165 miles south-southeast of Grand Cayman as of 2 a.m. ET Tuesday, is on track to reach the Gulf Coast as a hurricane by Friday. Once it approaches the Gulf Coast, "there is a risk of dangerous storm surge, wind and rainfall hazards along the coast from Louisiana to the western Florida Panhandle," the Hurricane Center said. | | | More news you need to know: | | | Schools in some NYC neighborhoods shutting back down | | New York City will close schools in some neighborhoods Tuesday, the first rollback in its reopening after the city had eased coronavirus restrictions and saw low levels of transmission over the summer months. Gov. Andrew Cuomo made the announcement Monday after New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio had announced a proposal that included closing all nonessential businesses and schools in nine ZIP codes that have seen a spike in new COVID-19 cases in recent weeks. While the neighborhoods represent just a sliver of the city's population, they have accounted for a disproportionate number of its new cases in recent weeks, according to the city's health department's data. Houses of worship can remain open for now, but Cuomo has threatened to close them if cases do not come down. Restaurants and gyms are also allowed to remain open. | | | And finally: Look up! Mars will be the closest it gets to Earth until 2035 | | You'll have a great view of Mars on Tuesday night when the Red Planet will be unusually close to the Earth , astronomers say. In fact, Mars will be "only" 38.6 million miles away, which is the closest it will get to the Earth until the year 2035. "Stargazing is highly recommended as Mars will be bright, big and easy to see with or without a telescope," according to Science Alert. When Mars and Earth are this close to each other, Mars appears very bright in our sky, which makes it easier to see with telescopes or the naked eye. To catch a glimpse of the Red Planet, Space.com says to look for a fiery, pumpkin-hued "star" blazing brilliantly in the eastern sky soon after darkness falls. If you miss the show Tuesday, don't worry: Mars will still look quite bright in the sky throughout the month. | | | | | | | | | |
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